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Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 33(3) of the Pensions Act 2011, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Pensions

Made ***

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 74(5), 97(1), (2)(b) and (3)(c), 101AF(1), (3)(b) and (4)(b)^f1, 101I^f2, 101L(1) and (2)^f3, 113(1), 153(2)(c), 181(1)^f4, 182(2) and (3) and 183(1)^f5 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993^f6, sections 10(3), 37(4)(a) to (c), (e) and (8)^f7, 47(5)(a), 73(6), (7) and (8)(a)^f8, 124(1)^f9 and 174(2) and (3) of the Pensions Act 1995^f10, sections 23(1)(b), 26(1)^f11, 30(1) and 83(4) and (6) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999^f12, sections 117, 126(1)(b) and (5), 135(4)(b)(ii), 138(10)(a), 146(1), 161(3)(b), 179(1)(a) and (3), 189(11)(b), 190(1) and (3), 206(4)(a), 207(1)(a) and (2), 232, 286(1) and (2)(a)(ii) and (b)^f13, 315(2), (4) and (5) and 318(1)^f14 of and paragraphs 12(3A)(b)^f15, 17(3A)(b)^f16, 20(7) and 33(1) of Schedule 7 to the Pensions Act 2004^f17, section 212(1)^f18 of and paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 7 to the Equality Act 2010^f19 and sections 30(1) and (2), 31(1) and 33(1) of the Pensions Act 2011^f20.

In accordance with section 185(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993^f21, section 120(1) of the Pensions Act 1995, section 83(11) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 and section 317(1) of the Pensions Act 2004, the Secretary of State has consulted such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

A draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 33(3) of the Pensions Act 2011.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 101AF was inserted by the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35) (“the 2004 Act”).
f2: Section 101I was inserted by section 37 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30) (“the 1999 Act”).
f3: Section 101L was inserted by section 37 of the 1999 Act.
f4: Section 181(1) is cited for the meaning it gives to “prescribe” and “regulations”.
f5: Section 183(1) was amended by sections 151, 173 and 177 of and Schedules 5, 6 and 7 to the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26) (“the 1995 Act”).
f6: 1993 c. 48.
f7: Section 37 was substituted by section 250 of the 2004 Act.
f8: Section 73 was substituted by section 270(1) of the 2004 Act.
f9: Section 124(1) is cited for the meaning it gives to “prescribed” and “regulations”.
f10: 1995 c. 26.
f11: Section 26(1) is cited for the meaning it gives to “prescribed”.
f12: 1999 c. 30.
f13: Section 286(2) was amended by section 124(1) and (3) of the Pensions Act 2008 (c.30) (“the 2008 Act”).
f14: Section 318(1) is cited for the meaning it gives to “prescribed” and “regulations”.
f15: Paragraph 12(3A) was inserted by section 101(1)(b) of and Schedule 2 to the 2008 Act.
f16: Paragraph 17(3A) was inserted by section 101(1)(b) of and Schedule 2 to the 2008 Act.
f17: 2004 c. 35.
f18: Section 212(1) is cited for the meaning it gives to “prescribed”.
f19: 2010 c. 15.
f20: 2011 c. 19.
f21: Section 185(1) was amended by sections 122, 151 and 177 of, and Schedules 3, 5 and 7 to the 1995 Act.